#patch pants

[deathtokillian]

Why am I seeing tiktok “punks” criticizing other punks vest, jackets, and pants because they don’t have any punk bands patches on them? You know you don’t need to have band patches right? Who tf are you the punk police?

[canineyelps]

Ideas you can put on your battle jacket/patch pants/crust pants/whatever

patches

- No ethical consumption under capitalism

- human rights aren't a matter of opinion

- make racists afraid again

- punch your local fascist

- girls just wanna have fundamental rights

- dead men cant catcall

- your body my choice my knife your life

- respect existence or expect resistance

- keep your laws off our bodies

- eat the rich

- ableism isnt punk

- no one is illegal

- we are all we really have

- fight war not wars

- we all bleed the same

- compost in training

- life is short smile while you still have teeth

- if youre not angry youre not paying attention

- dont talk to cops

- the wrong amazon is dying

- support local bands

- keep on living keep on fighting

- DIY or die

- mother earth is not for sale

- fight like hell for the living

- lick acid not boots

other stuff

- bottle tabs

- fabric scraps

- spikes/studs

- pouches

- chains

- safety pins

- staples

- lighter hoods

- screws

- bottle tops

[vividstargore]

update on my patch pants! progress is slow but their filling out :)

[bramblepunk]

patch pants update [they have already changed since i took this picture]

[the-void-is-ace]

Patch pants update!

I've added a few plain and band patches recently but I've been swamped with stuff to do sadly :(

I'm definitely making my pants all sorts of fun colors since the idea of working with neon colors sounds really fun.

[ramshackle-gory]

the antidote to despair is action.

[angel-sox]

oh the poetry of punks and their patches. this one is for the band that got me through 9th grade, this one’s is a matching one i didn’t realize the first boy i loved kept on his vest when we didn’t talk for years, this is a piece of lace i found on the ground, this is the backside of one of the first ones i made, this one my brother made me, this is a precious memory, this is a shared commitment, this is my heart on my sleeve. this is my soul that i wear around this is a tapestry of the ppl i’ve loved.

[cyberm0sh]

new patch 👍 design is approx 5x4 inches

as always i do sell these so if u want one, dm me!

[caesthoffe]

starting my solarpunk-y patch pants off with a banger. invest in public transit.

[dognonsense]

tiktok by sasha @ __.your.local.goth__

caption: useful tutorials for alt people- embroidered patches

this is a great video tutorial for how to embroider a punk patch. i had an embroidered pair of patch pants in high school that were the best, im so sad i lost them that i stopped embroidering.

[x-brik-x]

I'm seeing a lot of people say that punk fashion is expensive and inaccessible, which is very wrong. here is a list of some ways you can make punk fashion easier, cheaper and more accessible for you, since that's... kinda the whole point.

others are encouraged to add onto this!! (just don't recommend corporations like amazon. not cool.)

1. patches!! you don't need to buy them. DIY patches are not ugly or boring. in fact, they are encouraged here!! DIY, in my opinion, is always the best thing to do when it is an option and is safe to do so.

2. speaking of DIY, spikes!! you can make them!!

cut the top and bottom off of an empty can. cut down the middle of the cylinder and flatten it, so it's just a flat rectangle of metal.

cut out a shape that is kind of a third of a circle, but around 3/4 of the curved edge is taken up by triangle shapes. (I'm not very good at describing, so here's a badly drawn picture)

roll it into a cone, leaving the 4 triangles sticking out at the bottom. this bit is optional, but you can fill it with hot glue to make it more sturdy, just be careful touching the hot metal. I tend to hold the cone by one of the triangles with a bit of fabric wrapped around my fingers for this bit. cut 4 small holes in your fabric in this kind of shape:

and put the spiky bits of triangle through the holes. fold the triangles in on themselves to secure the spike in place. boom. spike obtained. this is one I made and attached to a little piece of fabric to test this method out:

3. battle vests!! (like the base jackets). the best places to buy these are charity shops and second hand websites in my opinion, but if anyone else knows any better options, please reblog with those!!

a good trick I find works well on eBay is to filter search results to your country (or state? can you do that in the US? idk) so that a: fast delivery because local, and b: all the sellers of everything that shows up are in YOUR TIME ZONE.

why is this important? when people sell something for really cheap, it goes FAST. check eBay at like, 2am or something. all the scalpers in your area are asleep. grab the cheap stuff while they can't.

4. sewing!! want patches, but can't sew for whatever reason? I've heard of a lot of people with joint conditions like arthritis complain about the inaccessibility of patch stuff, and that does sound extremely annoying, however:

safety pins!! while they are still a little fiddly, they're much less work so you don't have to fiddle about for long. if you can, you could even ask a friend to help, since it doesn't take long at all I'm sure someone will be willing to help out!! (I know I would, but that's just me, and I love this kind of thing). safety pins on clothes are also widely considered to be a symbol of solidarity, so if anything, you're adding some extra love and meaning to your patch pants/battle jacket.

if that's still too fiddly, fabric glue is always an option. unfortunately this means you won't be able to remove/reposition patches, at least without leaving a massive patch of residue, but if you're ok with that then fabric glue is probably your best bet.

for people who prefer sewing: as for where to get the thread, I've heard a lot of people recommending dental floss, as it's apparently much cheaper and works just as well. I haven't tried this myself so can't confirm that, but I thought I'd share it regardless.

5. where to get fabric!! old clothes. rip em up. you don't need any kind of fancy fabric from the craft store. my patches are made of old jeans that I grew out of.

don't have any old clothes and you don't want to waste any good ones? I'm not sure about other countries, but in the UK, as long as you're not on private property (trespassing), dumpster diving is perfectly legal.

I definitely ;) do NOT encourage ;) trespassing rich people's land ;) to steal from their dumpsters ;)

or tbh it doesn't matter too much how rich the person is, since it's all going to landfill anyway. if it's in the bin, it's free game, but you didn't hear that from me. ;)

please add onto this where you can!! and if I missed something or got anything wrong, add that on too!!

[crustfantasies]

diy!

[the-chaos-crows-victory]

Made and sewed the centipede the other day and only just got round to taking a picture

I think this is my new favourite piece of clothing. I made it just in time for my birthday so it’s like a birthday present to myself lol

Idk if they’re truly finished yet, but for now they are

[zinesbylennon]

I added a water bottle pocket to my pants!

This came up due to the fact I use Lyft bikes to get around and they don't have bottle holders, so I placed this pocket here because this part of my leg remains relatively upright while pedaling.

Heres the initial proof of concept

But it looked rather silly especially when not in use. It also flopped around a lot when a full drink is being held and I was walking around so I started to look into ways to collapse it and secure it when in use.

First attempt came up with this:

Which looks nice, but wouldn't help restrain the movement of the pocket with a bottle in it.

So I moved to this belt design, using straps I had designed for the pants in an earlier iteration.

And it works like a charm.

Holds the bottle in place, is easy to fold away, and looks nice in use.

Though not sure I like the red and might switch to black straps but I'd love to hear all your thoughts and possible improvements!

[dionysianfreak]

patch pant progress (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ᴥ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ⁠ʋ⁠)